Pasted this in the previous thread but it’s more appropriate here. Canzano writes of GA’s desire to be here long term as well as TS’s relationship with GA, which didnt sound great.
TS had some new ideas that he brought to the table, but I think having an AD on board that has our coach’s best interest in mind is very important this time around.

I have reached out to Mark quite a few times and he has always gotten right back to be and got the answer i was seeking. He is very upfront in supporting all things Beavers. I would be quite fine with him stepping up.

I’ll never forget meeting Doc in class in 2008 when he was recovering. We had debate class together and we were on the same debate team. He always gave me shit for being a blazer fan (he is a huge laker), didn’t really know who he was, or obviously would become at the time. Was such a joy to be around and always positive and funny. One of my fav beavs of all time, prolly just because of the personal connection, but I feel he will be around this program for a long time.

Why is she still opining on Beaver sports anyway, I thought she wrote for SI or the NY Times.? Just shut up and go away. There are 100 other fucking college sports programs waiting for your deep insight!

At least with Casey in this role, he could get away with just saying “Kiss the rings, b*#ch” and the donors would have throw some money at the program. But i still like him as coach as long as he’s willing to be a head coach.

So the freshman get immediate playing time. Sounds good to me. Get them up to speed with last year’s freshman class and build from there. If Duvivier comes back next year, he could be valuable as bench depth.

I’ll take a shot.
Predicted scores for one game each week are used as tie breakers for those who correctly predicted the outcome for the same number of games.

The numbers in parenthesis are the difference between the predicted score and the actual score for both the winner and loser of that one game (the tie breaker). Taken as an absolute, the total of the two numbers breaks the tie and determines the order of finish of the participants.

EDIT-After reviewing this weeks results:
This week 8 participants correctly predicted the outcome for 3 games, to break the tie the predicted scores for the tiebreaker game (OSU-ISU) were compared to the actual results. Scotty and whiskey remained tied since they both were 13 points off in predicting the score of the tiebreaker game.

THis is what I want the new AD to be able to do:
Put butts in seats
and
“I’d say this, if I were Oregon St, I’d go to Adidas. You’re always going to be second fiddle under the Nike umbrella.” – @ESPNAndyKatz

Change to Adidas,and make it so that we don’t lose money to do it in the contract.

Eh, I like it in theory, but Nike has more cache (and cash), so there’s that, and then they’re in a better market position than Adidas, so if Adidas ever goes under they’d have to come crawling back to Nike.

Its adidas or under armour (which is nike, kind of). Most don’t know this but In 1999 OSU was a test school for under armour cold gear base layers (tops and bottoms). It was the only thing they had at the time.
The problem is even when both teams were contenders in the early and mid 2000’s, nike shit on the school in favor of UO, which is understandable kind of but there were never any offers to upgrade to a top tier with them, even after a couple of NC’s in baseball. I think even with there hq being here we should switch to something else or at least entertain other offers to force nikes hand. It would be a slap in the face to nike for us to leave and rightfully so. But first OSU needs to get relevant in football and keep up the pressure in basketball (men’s and women’s) and baseball.

One of the things that pisses me off the most about the contract, look at the gear in local stores. You will see 6 different duck jerseys. Only one beaver. I understand that the ducks are the hot team currently, but I see just as many people wearing beaver gear, so why not make more options for us? Leaving money on the table…

Adidas has been doing well lately, especially with their Adidas Originals brand. Heck, people were saying Nike was losing the Olympics to them and Under Armour (for example: http://solecollector.com/news/2016/08/nike-losing-adidas-under-armour-olympics). Kanye’s Yeezy brand has been helping them a TON, since people are addicted to anything Kanye endorses for some. I don’t get it personally, but if it means adidas can keep producing the soccer gear I love, then I’m okay with it.

Nike does have a little more than 1.5 times the revenue of adidas ($30 billion a year to $18 billion), but as long as Europe exists, which is where adidas is HUGE, I don’t see them going under any time in the forseeable future. If any of the current college football uniform manufacturers go under, it’ll probably be Under Armor (yearly revenue of around $4 billion), but it’s very unlikely.

A personal anecdote before I finish: I had the privilege of going to both the Nike and adidas employee stores in Beaverton and Portland respectively. When I was at the Nike store, they had a sizeable section devoted to everything Ducks.

The Beavers? They had three or four individual shelves, and they were right next to Oklahoma State and all the other teams Nike sponsors.

If OSU wants to be treated like they actually matter by their apparel company, they should ditch Nike when they can.

UNDER ARMOR is from Baltimore. I lived back there when it was becoming a thing in 2002. I have too much Bias to support them. I cannot stand Terp fans and DMV fans in any way. Under Armor is theirs. Fuck those assholes. Thats some east coast shit.

I know Adidas isn’t born and raised in Portland, but i would much rather the Beavs move to them then those fucks at Under Armor.

How about Goodwill? That would really fly here in Oregon! Pre-worn recycled uni’s that don’t match baby! Confuse the fuck out of their opponents. The guy with the undersized Pop Warner Wildcats uni takes the handoff from the BFE middle school uni wearing QB. Who has the ball!?!?!? Wut? Touchdown Beavs!!!!

Signing with a Euro soccer company is a horrible idea. Off the top of my head I can’t think of one decent Adidas designed football uniform. Don’t forget Phil Knight has done some things for the Beavs too. He gave money to baseball when Notre Dame was chasing Casey.

Phil has officially retired, I don’t think we have a obligation to nike anymore. That’s why I was saying above OSU needs to play hardball once the contract is up. Make them lay some money down or make them look dumb for letting us go. I just think that if it’s important for nike to keep us then they should show how important we are.
And adidas does have some shitty looking uniforms but money is money and I think adidas or under armour would pay some good money to walk into nikes back yard and steal a school away.

Phil didn’t donate money to the baseball program to keep Casey, I know that for a fact from a credible source. Nike did increase the amount of payment going to Casey in his contract, but that’s standard procedure for any coach for a program with an apparel deal.

The easiest credible source would be his charitable gift reporting over the years. He’s not given one red cent to OSU.

And why should he? He has no use for design planners who use actual science.

The most positive spin I’ve heard that was close to the truth is that PK acted as a mediator between Nike and Casey in order to get his endorsement deal bumped upward… to save OSU from itself and losing another coach… and that whole line of Duck bullshit.

If that impending offer were to come from another Nike school, he would have had the same talks with them, upping his deal due to the fact the company was talking to the back to back reigning champion in his sport. And it would have been done with the new team. Losing that asset to an Adidas school would have been bad for their image, so they had to act before they lost him.

Also, I really love what adidas has been doing with Texas A&M’s uniforms, too, especially the throwback ones they unveiled yesterday. Sleek, modern, but also respecting the past in the process. If adidas gives us anything like this, I would be VERY happy:

Some of UA and Adidas gear has been “out there”, but I don’t think its fair to say Nike’s gear is Superior. All Nike has is its name and that carries it a long way. Nike has done some piss poor gear for us so I don’t consider that

Under Armor has been muscling in on Nike’s territory lately. Seems like picking up Nike’s in state rival would be a logical move in order to keep that competition going, and OSU could bemefit from having a brand with a vested interest in seeing OSU succeed.

Nike’s campus is a neat little village with several amenities. There’s the Kobe Bryant Jewelry Store and the Lance Armstrong Pharmacy. There’s an upscale dorm, almost a hotel, with the Tiger Woods honeymoon suite. And between the Oscar Pistorius Shooting Range and the Hope Solo Zen Garden is the Joe Paterno Child Development Center, where the kiddos love to do arts and crafts.http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-BP885_NIKE3_P_20140421170339.jpg

Because you know, if I don’t have a good AD that recruits like, I can’t land a legitimate QB or three?

I understand you meant that if we get an AD that GA will like and we appease to his desires in an AD, then he’ll most likely stick with OSU longer and he’ll have more opportunities to get the program where he wants it.

On the flip side to that, I don’t think the newest coach will have the largest impact with the new hire vs. Tinkle, Ruik, Casey, Softball coach, Track and Field coach, Wrestling coach, Gymnastics coach, etc. If they were smart, they would hear out every coach and make a collective hire, but ultimately, we finally have in the major sports, coaches who are all like minded with the same vision. That is the identity of the Athletic Department. Continuity and Development of the Student Athletes. That’s the basis of this hire. Hire someone with experience, yes, but also hire someone who knows how to raise funds from donors and knows how to get home and homes with big programs.That will keep anderson here for the long haul, getting to our recruiting pipelines like Florida, Georgia, Texas, etc.

Excellent question, heads the list of a few that I think could spell the difference between a 13+ pt blowout and a “statement” upset.
1-Will Kearsley lead an improved O-line which results in a better rushing game? Note that Yanni was listed this week as “probable” even though still at #1 on the depth chart.
2-Will Hungalu play and do well, or will old man Willis come in and do very well?
3-With Togiai out, will Lucas be more involved?
4-Will Pierce get enough carries to make a difference? And, will Nall benefit from improved line play and return to CW like performance.
Lots to watch (beyond Bolden, Villy, and Seth).

EDIT: Took a minute to look it up, but here is what Woods said about Kearsley vs ISU: He jumped right in,” said… T.J. Woods, adding that Kearsley only had ONE missed assignment against Idaho State.

I’m hoping some of the looks we saw from Collins the last 2 weeks, as a wildcat running threat, was just to set up future plays where he will be defended as a runner, leaving some receiving options wide open. Might be a good week to bring that type of play out. Hopefully he can make the throw

Something else I’m wondering about is: In order for the Beavs to have a running game will they have to go with 2 tight ends? Does the kind of offense the OCs want to run allow for 2 tight ends? With Togiai out who would the two TEs be?

This old tribune article specifically states that PK is paying towards Casey’s salary annually. And source apparently came from within the OSU AD. Not saying it’s correct, but this is partially why the rumor has been accepted as fact by many.

“A source inside the OSU athletic department has confirmed the rumor that’s been raging since last week – Knight, Super Duck, as he’s called around Eugene – played a big role in keeping Casey in Corvallis.
Casey’s base pay at OSU has nearly doubled, and Knight, it is now known, is going to pay a sizable chunk of that raise, every single year Casey is coaching at Oregon State. And Knight stepped up to do it without being asked. He volunteered.”

Writen by Dwight Jaynes……. that’s all I need to know. He’s the guy that said Thomas Tyner (sp) decommited from the ducks because he wanted illegal perks for his recruitment. I’m sure one of his “inside sources” told him that too. He’s one of the biggest dirt bags in sports journalism.

I was looking over boise state’s roster and we definitely have the size advantage. The question is can we use it to our advantage and run it down their throats? Also noticed they have lots of tight ends which which are pretty big that they probably use to create mismatches. Overall i think we can be competitive in this game if dg is accurate and hits his deep ball and the lines play well.

Put it in the twitter feed earlier but worth mentioning here, OSU is getting an Official Visit from a 4* JUCO DT Craig Evans. Ga recruited him at wisconsin but i think grades were an issue. He endwd up at Michigan State and played for the team that beat Oregon last season. Left that team for JUCO Arizona Western this year. I think he would be a 3 to play 3 guy if he came here. Pretty nice surprise visitor.

Caught Tumwater Dave on the JoeBeav show today. He blasted Schnell and Goe for “laying in the weeds” waiting for a chance to remind everyone that OSU would never attract a coach as good as MR. Noted Schnell’s comment on the “loss” of Stansbury and Goe’s pattern of downplaying the weakness of the roster MR left behind.
Almost provoked a meltdown by Parker when he opined that, in reality, MR left Corvallis THREE times (once when he failed to play for the Beavs after high school).

I never understand it. Low gamer IQ. If your team is down and no time remains, you can never be tackled with the ball in your hand. Pitch that thing. Rugby time. Run that thing in and if your hit you’ll be down soon, so pitch it pitch it pitch it. USC #73 had no game IQ

Not sure why you are getting down voted? A final play like that should either end in a TD ,fumble to the other team or the ball going out of bounds on a bad pitch out.. If you get tackled your not doing your job, but it’s hard to think like that when you are actually in the midst of the play.

Yeah, with 8 seconds on the clock and one time out, they probably figured to get in two plays. But I also believe this is a coaching flaw and basic game intelligence issue. Thanks for seeing it clearly.

As a Boiler alum, I’m loving the picks for them to win. It’s refreshing since everyone Boiler I know is wondering if the coach will get fired mid-season. To make this Beav related, Purdue just picked up Georgia Tech’s AD. Also Beav related, former PU QB Austin Appleby will fill in for the injured Luke Del Rio at Florida.

“…Barnes not only built significant momentum for Utah State Athletics but did so in a fiscally prudent way. USU was lauded as the most economically efficient athletic department in the nation in 2009 following a study done by Texas A&M’s Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics. In four subsequent studies, Utah State finished in the top 20 each year, including three times in the top six….”

Being fiscally prudent would seem to be of interest to the OSU administration since the school doesn’t appear to have a lot of alumni who are high rollers.

They’re third because they don’t account for any subsidies. They’re not alone in the sketchy world of accounting magic. They just worked out secret deals with the admin to screw the academic side so they could pretend to have an image of self-sufficiency.

Georgia losing 38-0. They are extremely rarely even deserving of a Top 25 ranking yet they start each year ranked between #5 and #8 just so SEC teams get max wins over Top 10-15 and Top 25 teams. Biggest joke in college football. Stanford would destroy them. Washington would win comfortably and even a deteriorating Oregon team under Helfrich beats them.